The Senate Historical Office
Serving as the Senate's institutional memory, the Historical Office collects and provides information on important events, precedents, dates, statistics, and historical comparisons of current and past Senate activities for use by members and staff, the media, scholars, and the general public. The office advises senators and committees on cost-effective disposition of their non-current office files, assists researchers seeking access to Senate records, and maintains information detailing locations of former members' papers.
It conducts oral history interviews with retired senior Senate staff and keeps extensive biographical and bibliographical information on former senators. A collection of more than 30,000 Senate-related photographs and other illustrations is available for research and publication use. The Historical Office and its staff has also produced numerous publications, covering all aspects of Senate history.
The United States Senate, An Institutional Bibliography: More than 600 citations to books, articles, and government documents printed since 1789.
About the United States Senate Archives. Information about official Senate records as well as private paper collections of former senators. Includes Reports of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress.
Publications of the Senate Historical Office
Senate Historical Office Staff:
Betty K. Koed, Historian
Katherine A. Scott, Associate Historian
Daniel S. Holt, Assistant Historian
Richard A. Baker, Historian Emeritus
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus
Heather Moore, Photo Historian
Beth Hahn, Historical Editor
Karen D. Paul, Archivist
Elisabeth Butler, Deputy Archivist for Accessioning and Processing
M. Alison White, Deputy Archivist for Digital Archives
Mary Baumann, Historical Writer and Online Content Manager
Amy Camilleri, Executive Assistant
For more information, contact the Senate Historical Office at 202-224-6900, or by mail at 201 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510-7108.
E-mail a Senate historian. historian@sec.senate.gov
Key to Abbreviations
S- Capitol (Senate side)
SR- Russell Building
Published hearing transcripts contain all witness testimony, the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, and any other material requested of the witness by the committee. It may take several months, or even years, for a hearing to be published. Unlike most other congressional documents, hearings are not available from the Senate or House Document Rooms. You may be able to locate a hearing from the Government Publishing Office's govinfo website, from a committee website, or from a federal depository library. For more tips, read the guide How to find committee hearings.
Following the prayer and pledge, the Senate will sit as a Court of Impeachment for the trial of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, and the President’s managers will begin their presentations.
Monday, Jan 27, 2020
1:00 p.m. Eastern: Convene and, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, resume consideration of the articles of impeachment.- Floor Webcast
- Senate Calendar (latest issue)
- Executive Calendar (latest issue, pdf)
Previous Meeting
Saturday, Jan 25, 2020The Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 p.m. No record votes were taken.
- Floor Activity
- Daily Digest (latest issue)
- Congressional Record (latest issue, pdf)
- Tentative Floor Schedule
Historical Photographs
The Senate Historical Office maintains a collection of approximately 30,000 still pictures, slides, and negatives, including photographs and illustrations of most former senators, news photographs, editorial cartoons, photographs of committees in session, and other images documenting Senate history.
Historical Statistics
Explore Senate history through historical tables and statistics.
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